Prashanth Neel, the director of the upcoming action thriller Salaar, starring Prabhas and Shruti Haasan, has opened up about the film’s clash with Shah Rukh Khan‘s Dunki at the box office. Salaar, which was earlier slated to release on September 28, 2023, had been postponed to December 22, 2023, due to the delay in post-production work. However, this new date coincides with the release of Dunki, which is directed by Rajkumar Hirani and also features Taapsee Pannu in the lead role.
Prashanth Neel calls Dunki vs Salaar clash an unpleasant situation
In an exclusive interview with ETimes, Prashanth Neel admitted that it was an unpleasant situation but it was producer’s decision. He said, “Clash is not something you ideally want, be it with a newcomer or with the biggest star of Indian cinema. But it is a very unpleasant situation for anybody to move their date to somebody else’s date. We also wouldn’t want somebody to move to our date when we have announced it a year before. And we also did not want to do it. But that was a logistical decision that was taken only by the production.”
Prashanth Neel calls Rajkumar Hirani his favorite director
He added, “And usually we (me and my team) don’t get into the aspects of what the production is going to decide as a release date, because they do not interfere in my process of filmmaking. So I do not interfere in their process of marketing or the release dates, the business aspect. We are not fearful of the fact that another movie as big as that, the combination that it has. Rajkumari Hirani sir is one of my favourite directors. I am definitely sold on going and watching Dunki.”
Prashanth Neel calls Dunki a very big movie
The clash between Salaar and Dunki is one of the biggest and most anticipated ones.
“So I do understand that that’s a very big movie that is coming out. But the biggest fear that we have which is always when making a movie is whether the audience is going to like it or not.” he concluded.
Salaar is the first part of a two-part series, which is produced by Hombale Films, the makers of the KGF franchise. The film also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jagapathi Babu, Easwari Rao and Sriya Reddy in pivotal roles.
Dunki, on the other hand, is a comedy-drama that marks the third film of Shah Rukh Khan adter delivering blockbusters like Pathaan and Jawan after a hiatus of four years. It is the first ever collaboration between Khan and Rajkumar Hirani, and hence, the most anticipated film of the year.
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